chrislock
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digital data transmission and reception
Hi -
(XP embedded PC)
I am trying to monitor and set various digital inputs and outputs within an electromechanical machine.
I am at present, using 8 port digital input output boards connected together via an RS485 link.
I have around 60 outputs and 30 inputs which I wish to set and monitor within a short space of time. (around 5mS)
My problem is that the serial data transmission and consequent reception from each board takes far too long. I know I could attach a GPIO device to my PC (XP embedded) and instantly send and receive, but I wish to use some sort of shift register system (similar to boundary scan devices).
Is there any such animal commmercially available?
Chris
(XP embedded PC)
I am trying to monitor and set various digital inputs and outputs within an electromechanical machine.
I am at present, using 8 port digital input output boards connected together via an RS485 link.
I have around 60 outputs and 30 inputs which I wish to set and monitor within a short space of time. (around 5mS)
My problem is that the serial data transmission and consequent reception from each board takes far too long. I know I could attach a GPIO device to my PC (XP embedded) and instantly send and receive, but I wish to use some sort of shift register system (similar to boundary scan devices).
Is there any such animal commmercially available?
Chris
You want to consider serial to Ethernet (for speed) and Multiplexer (for time division) for analysis.
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Thanks for the thought, but I was thinking of some sort of very simple and inexpensive system - the complications of ethernet and mux systems are a definite overkill for a relatively small amount of digital I/o over a small distance.
Chris
Chris
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